Dorchester Weather in August
Average highs run from 19°C on August 1 to 18°C on August 31, and lows from 15°C to 15°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 68 mm over about 12 wet days.
August day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
August at a glance
- Average high
- 19°C
- Average low
- 15°C
- Precipitation
- 68 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 26°CAug 16, 1995
- Reanalysis low
- 11°CAug 23, 1993
- Daylight
- 15 h 19 min to 13 h 35 min
- Cloud cover
- 65%
- Humidity
- 83%
- Dew point
- 14°C
- Wind
- 20.5 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 19°C | 15°C | 24°C 1995 | 13°C 2015 | 38% |
| Aug 2 | 19°C | 15°C | 21°C 2019 | 14°C 2009 | 39% |
| Aug 3 | 19°C | 15°C | 24°C 2018 | 13°C 1996 | 38% |
| Aug 4 | 19°C | 15°C | 24°C 2018 | 14°C 2020 | 39% |
| Aug 5 | 19°C | 16°C | 21°C 2006 | 14°C 1993 | 38% |
| Aug 6 | 19°C | 16°C | 23°C 1995 | 13°C 1993 | 39% |
| Aug 7 | 19°C | 16°C | 24°C 2003 | 14°C 2005 | 39% |
| Aug 8 | 19°C | 16°C | 25°C 2020 | 13°C 2007 | 38% |
| Aug 9 | 19°C | 16°C | 24°C 2020 | 13°C 2007 | 39% |
| Aug 10 | 19°C | 16°C | 25°C 2003 | 13°C 2017 | 40% |
| Aug 11 | 19°C | 16°C | 26°C 2003 | 14°C 2017 | 40% |
| Aug 12 | 19°C | 16°C | 24°C 2003 | 14°C 1993 | 40% |
| Aug 13 | 19°C | 16°C | 24°C 2020 | 13°C 1993 | 41% |
| Aug 14 | 19°C | 16°C | 22°C 2003 | 13°C 1994 | 40% |
| Aug 15 | 19°C | 16°C | 21°C 1995 | 13°C 2008 | 41% |
| Aug 16 | 19°C | 16°C | 26°C 1995 | 13°C 2015 | 41% |
| Aug 17 | 19°C | 16°C | 21°C 1995 | 13°C 1993 | 42% |
| Aug 18 | 19°C | 16°C | 22°C 2005 | 13°C 1991 | 43% |
| Aug 19 | 19°C | 15°C | 25°C 1995 | 13°C 1991 | 42% |
| Aug 20 | 19°C | 15°C | 23°C 1995 | 13°C 2014 | 42% |
| Aug 21 | 19°C | 15°C | 24°C 1995 | 13°C 2014 | 41% |
| Aug 22 | 19°C | 15°C | 23°C 1995 | 14°C 2014 | 40% |
| Aug 23 | 19°C | 15°C | 23°C 2003 | 11°C 1993 | 40% |
| Aug 24 | 19°C | 15°C | 22°C 2016 | 12°C 1993 | 39% |
| Aug 25 | 18°C | 15°C | 22°C 2001 | 12°C 1993 | 37% |
| Aug 26 | 18°C | 15°C | 22°C 2013 | 13°C 1993 | 36% |
| Aug 27 | 18°C | 15°C | 22°C 2019 | 12°C 1993 | 36% |
| Aug 28 | 18°C | 15°C | 23°C 2017 | 12°C 1998 | 36% |
| Aug 29 | 18°C | 15°C | 20°C 1995 | 13°C 2020 | 36% |
| Aug 30 | 18°C | 15°C | 20°C 2005 | 12°C 2010 | 35% |
| Aug 31 | 18°C | 15°C | 21°C 1995 | 12°C 1992 | 34% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).
- August 1
- sunrise 5:36 AM, sunset 8:55 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:22 AM, sunset 7:57 PM
Other months
Sources
Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.